The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-07-07
wEAr ROYALTY COSTS.
The eaiA.iss Of the Leading xonarchs Of
Europe.

carp" in Cleveland Leader.
"Hucll, how much do king git?"
The question is asked by others than the
ignorant negro who propounded 1t to
Huckleberry Finn, as the two float on
raft, down the Mississippi river. Twill
try to answer it, translating the amounts
OF tho allowances OF the chief sovereigns
OF Europe into American dollars, giving
the result in round numbers and gen
orally less than the actual amount re-
ceived. II will be seen that royalty is
IN expensive luxury, and that the $780,
600 we give our president is bagatelle
beside II.
The Emperor OF Russia has an in
come of between 81, 900, 600 and So, O0O,-
600 year, derived chiefly from i'm
mense estates belonging to the crown,
and besides this he levies heavy tax
on the peasants to support his rela-
tives of the imperial family. The
Sultan of Turkey, with bankrupt
country, is allowed five and one-half
millions annually. He has in addi-
ton q private treasury and inherit
ances OF great value. He pays, how
ever, all the expenses OF the court
himself. In Austria the mobiles are
wealthy, and the court expenses of
the Emperor are very small. Still he
is allowed civil list OF about So, 000,-
900, has $500, 900 set aside for his pri-
vate expense account, and about $780,
900 for unforeseen expenses. Kaiser
Wilhelm has no allowance for person
al expense account, as Emperor ofsGer-
many, and his income as King Of rus
sia comes chiefly from tho estates Of the
crown. He gets, nevertheless, "a ,000,-
900 year and his house rent costs him
nothing. The Grown Prince OF Ger
many has o small allowance. 1t is said
to not exceed $4,000, but his father
gives him two palaces rent free, and he
has the right to charge certain num-
Der of dinners every year to the old
man.
King Humbert, Of Italy is only forty
one years old, and he enjoys the 81, 600,
900 which makes up his annual allow
ance. He has twenty palaces scattered
oil over Italy, and when he travels over
his dominions he always sleeps under
his own roof. King Leopold, OF Bel
GUM, has about 1,600,000 more SUBJ
jects under him than there are people in
the State of New York. His kingdom
is the most thickly populated in Europe,
and il has debt Of about $500 to each
man, woman and child in it, but this
does not cause Leopold to economic.
He takes 100000 year from his
people, for his private expenses, and
they give IN additional annuity Of $780,
600 to his brother.
Spain, poor as she is, pays between
one and two million dollars annually for
the expenses Of royalty. Portugal al
lows about 5000, 900, and Dom Pedro of
Brazil, has an allowance Of about $780,
600, while his civil list foots up over
5000 900. In addition to this Dom
Pedro's wife gets $50, 900 y year for pin
money. Switzerland is the most eco
nomical government in the world. Its
total expenses are only about 50 900, 600
year, and it gives much smaller sal
aries to its officers than the United
States. The royal family Of England
costs that country more than 81
100000 yearly, and this does mos
include the private income OF
the queen and the Prince OF Wales
from the immense estate under their
control. Victoria herself is allowed
f3S5, 900 annually, and she can do as
she pleases with at least 100000 Of
this. This allowance of more than
81 300, 900 is outside Of the sum devo-
ted to the expenses OF the royal house
hold, consisting OF about 1000 persons,
receiving salaries from &c. 900 o year,
as in the case OF the Lord Chamberlain,
down to the royal rat catcher, who gets
less than $75 o year. The walters at
the dinner table Of the Queen get 50 900
q year. The chief steward gets SIC, 900
n year, and poor Tennyson, the poet
laureate, receives less than $500 an
nuaily.
This 10000 which the Queen re-
ceives she has, it is said, saved very re-
ligiously every year, and it has been
carefully invested. In England you
will hear great deal Of grumbling
about her economy and stinginess.
She is always willing to say good things,
to 20 to charitable affairs and dispense
cheap honors, but when it comes to
giving out money her mouth is closed
as are also her purse strings. She new
er pays anything for travelling on the
railroads. The companies furnish her
with passes. She has no right to pay,
and she receives lots of presents. She
has also the revenues of the Duchy OF
Lancaster amounting to more than
100000 every year, the estate OF Os-
borne, which has lately grown in value,
and the revenues of Claremont, and es-
tate worth considerable over $500, 900.
The Prince OF Wales receives nearly
SoOO 600 wear ont of the British Treas